March 2015 Version Update Preview

Entropia Universe Version Update is scheduled for Tuesday, 17 Mar 2015, 10:00 UTC. Here is our traditional preview of the VU. Once more quite detailed info from Planet Cyrene, some from Planet Arkadia and little to none from the other planets and platform. If you have more please post in the thread.

Entropia Universe / PlatformTaming
In the State of the Universe Klas Moreau mentioned a few things for 2015, one of which is supposed to go in this VU:

Taming - The second stage of the Taming system will be implemented in the upcoming Version Update.
Pets will gain passive buffs that can be unlocked at various levels of experience. Stables will gain the ability to offer several new time-limited pet buffs as well. Additional functionality will be added to the Taming system in Version Updates throughout 2015, some of which will be coordinated with the ComPet application.

Aakas instance will be open again
News from David Dobson in his Humble Pie thread about the Aakas instances and the issue with the event

The Aakas instances will remain closed until the next update due early March 2015.

A new event will be run following the next update due in March, details will be provided once confirmed.

So the instance should be open after this VU and a new event should be announced shortly after.

IFN Orders new armaments to ArkadiaNew weapons on Arkadia, but what they will be in not known for now.

With much fanfare, IFN Commodore Harvir today announced a shipment of cutting edge weaponry to be sent to Arkadia. The Scott & Barlow Corporation has been selected to begin shipments effective immediately. The first shipment is expected to arrive at Arkadia in approximately 1 weeks’ time.

Commodore Harvir told the gathered press; ‘I’m very pleased to know that the colonists on Arkadia will have access to a wider range of weaponry to counter the ongoing Oratan threat and increased raids and attacks by the Smugglers”.

Planet Cyrene
A lot will be happening on Cyrene. Below the post where Kris tells us all about it

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Hey guys,

Kris here again with the March 2015 Planet Cyrene VU Preview!

I'd like to start by congratulating all the players that have helped contribute to our Dynamic Upgrades that add perks for playing and being in your favorite Cyrene areas. For this VU we've got 3 areas that have upgraded to level 1:

There are many areas that are not far behind either, Robo Base Z.R.Q. at 85% and Zyn Forest at 90%, well done everyone! (You can view the latest Map here: >>LINK<<)

We also have the start of the new A.R.C. Faction Rank 2 Missions, as well as changes to the Rank 1 Missions:

New A.R.C. Rank 2 Missions:

Five new Crafting Cyrene items or Mining Missions for Cyrene Specific Ores and Enmatters that are only open to players who have over 200 A.R.C. Faction Badges.

Also coming with the Mini Patch will be a new Summoning Mob location near Eve's Playground that will allow players to summon and kill special mobs to earn more A.R.C. Faction Badges (provided that you are already at or over 200 A.R.C Faction Badges).

Changes to A.R.C. Rank 1 Missions:

The A.R.C. Rank 1 Daily missions ended up leaving out newer players to hunt and get in on the faction action, so we made some changes and added 1 new mission: a 500 Sweat Turn-in mission for 1 badge.

This should ensure that new players will be able to start earning faction badges as well.

Changes to the A.R.C. Rank 1 Rewards:

The A.R.C. Initiate Armor is now called Stolen Imperium Armor, this armor was meant to be part of the Imperium Faction but due to some issues this armor was put out incorrectly.I would like to stress that this armor will not be changed for any player that already has this armor, however, this armor will not be available at the Rank 1 Stage of A.R.C. once the VU goes live.

In its place will be A.R.C. Inaugurates Armor, a Tradeable and Limited Armor, available for players who are at Rank 1 A.R.C. Faction:

For Players who are past A.R.C. Rank 1 and closer to Rank 2 (500 A.R.C. Faction Badges), is the A.R.C. Patrol Armor, a Tradeable and Limited Armor, available for Rank 2 A.R.C. Faction:

Also all players that reach Rank 2 will get a special Blueprint from Zorra Winters to craft an A.R.C. Lancer:

There are also approximately 80 new weapons that have been placed on all Cyrene creatures level 1 through 31, BLP Pistol / Rifle, Laser Pistol / Rifle, Short and Long Blades, here are some examples:

We've also been working to improve the Day/Night lighting as well as the water transparency for this VU. We'll be working to make these as good as possible.

There are many other changes coming this VU as well as for the Mini Patch here is a short list:

Also, it seams to imply that this went live before the VU but there has been little discussion about this:

New ROCKtropia Players ( People who chose Rocktropia as their Home planet or who joined the Universe through the Rocktropia.com or ZomKong.com Portals will now start out on Planet Calypso and are encouraged to Enjoy the Extensive new player Experience and missions before Visiting the Sky lounge in Port Atlantis and taking advantage of the Free one Way Trip to ROCKtropia.

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